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= Introduction: Lesson 15 =

Teacher Modeled: Read Aloud - //Citizen Spies// (Students do not have the selection, therefore teacher’s need to make copies from the TE.) The correct answer for the multiple choice question is C.
 * 1) I n the first paragraph, what does the word peal mean? How do you know?
 * 2) The author states, “Some individuals posed as Loyalists,mocking the Patriot cause to gain the enemy’s trust.” Explain why mocking the Patriot cause would gain the enemy’s trust?
 * 3) In the paragraphs 4-5 the following is stated; //“Culper Ring created an elaborate scheme that forwarded information upstate to General Washington”.// Which best summarizes the //elaborate scheme//?

a.) Roe would stop at Townsend’s store. Signals let him know if there was news to relay. Roe would return to the cattle field and place letters in a drop box. Woodhull would pick up the letters and count the handkerchiefs to know exactly where Brewster’s boat was. Woodhull would take the letters to Brewster. b.) Roe would stop at Townsend’s store. Signals would let him know if there was news to relay. Roe would place letters in a drop box. Woodhull would pick up the letters and count the handkerchiefs to know exactly where Brewster’s boat was. At night Woodhull would take the letters to Brewster. Strong would hang her petticoat on the line to signal the letters were on their way to Brewster. c.) Roe would stop at Townsend’s store. Signals would let him know if there was news to relay. Roe would return to the cattle field and place letters in a drop box. Strong would hang her petticoat on the line. This signaled Woodhull that Brewster had arrived by boat to pick up the letters. Woodhull would count the number of handkerchiefs to let him know where Brewster’s boat was waiting. At night Woodhull would take the letters to Brewster. d.) Roe would stop at Townsend’s store. Roe would return to the cattle field and place letters in a drop box. Signals would let Strong know if there was news to relay. Strong would hang her petticoat on the line. This signaled Woodhull that Brewster had arrived by boat to pick up the letters. Woodhull would count the number of handkerchiefs to let him know where Brewster’s boat was waiting. At night Woodhull would take the letters to Brewster.

Title 1 is biography about Joseph Plumb Martin and Cybil Lundington, two young individuals who made a difference in the American Revolution. Title 2 is the original poem - "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"

= Student Outcomes: = The following skills will be reinforced through close reading and questions: summarize, structure, theme


 * =Title 1: "We Were There, Too!"= || =Title 2: //Patriotic Poetry//= ||
 * =Questions:=
 * 1) In paragraph 2, what words tell you that Joseph and his grandfather are in a hurry to get to Milford?
 * 2) After reading pages 378 and 379, summarize what you have learned about Joseph.
 * 3) Examine the visual presented on page 379 . Why do you think it was chosen to accompany the text?
 * 4) On pages 379 and 380 in which paragraphs do you find excerpts from Joseph’s diary? Why does the author include these excerpts? || =Questions:=
 * 5) Summarize stanza 2.
 * 6) Explain how the visuals on page 391 and 392 enhance the poem.
 * 7) Which words and phrases from page 391 show that Paul Revere is anxious to serve the Patriot cause? ||

= Summative Questions: =

Compare and contrast Joseph Martin to Sybil Ludington.

How do all the selections relate to the theme of patriotism?

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